Improved washsng-machine



l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

.moon Dennis, ony MARroN, IOWA.

IMPROVE!) vNASHlNC-MACHNE.

Specification forming part of Letters vPatent No. 3430*?, datedJanuary '7, 1862.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB DENNIS, of Marion, in the county'of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in fashinglMaehines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a true and accurate description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawinfr and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

The drawing' annexed represents a vertical section of my machine. Y

The letter A gives a View of the interior, which is concave and lined with a sheetof zine. The adjustable bottom B, being convex on the outer side, is made to lit in the frame A, resting on two shoulders c c and leaving a space between the concave Aand the convex B sufficient to hold the waterfor washing.

The inner or concave sides of the bottom B' areA connected by transverse slats o f triangular forrnslightly flattened at top, and far enon'gh Vapartafor the free passage of water between them. The slats extend from the points d d to the points 'e -@the intermediate space being occupied-by the three frietionrollers F li F. The rubber D, which is made withthe outer snrfaceconvex to t in the concave of the adjustable bottom B, has its two sides bound together by the transverse slats g g g, iuted on the under side. Thesides of D are also strengthened by two cross-ties, the upper tie E being flush with the sides of lD and the lower tie H midway between the top and bottom. The rubber D is made to play upon pivots in the sides, which are received into grooves out in the inner sides'o' the frame A.

.I Aco DENNIS.

.V itesses:

A B. DUMoNT,

S. HIVIEREDITH. 

